So the party was awesomesauce. We sat around and talked about what we write. So, dear friends, what do you write and why? What genres do you find yourself gravitating toward? What's easy? What's harder?

Wish I could go to one of your parties! Hey..I live on the dark side. But who knows, one day I may crawl into the light. It's getting crowded in here! After reading Anne Spollen's The Shape of Water, I'm tempted.

Uh, hmmm, I wonder who made the comment that led to your Sith Lordiness ....

I'm comfortable in the contemporary (YA and maybe what is now defined as "New Adult"). All my completed projects are contemporary, 2 of my 4 wips, though, are YA paranormal. Yeah. Someone converted me to the darkside.

You had a party and didn't invite me? Okay, fine! Well, I was in FL enjoying warm weather, beaches, and sunshine! Ha!

In the beginning, I wrote fantasy. Why? Well, that was my chosen genre to read from way back, probably because of The Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings. At some point, I began to write contemporary - here, now, today - fiction. I'm not sure why, or what the motivation behind the switch in genres was, it all just sort of felt right! I do have an idea for a future project that blends the contemporary fiction aspect with fantasy.

I think fantasy is harder because of the world building.

As for the hood . . . wouldn't that cover up your hair? Aren't you all about your latest hair style?? : )

I write stuff that most accurately falls into YA fantasy. It's more fairy tale retelling, but whatever. I have ideas for some sci-fi, some paranormal, and some contemporary. Maybe I'm just a hodge-podge sort of gal. Not nearly as cool as Sith Lord.

The party was a blast! I can't wait for the next one. I'm checking out scary hood colors right now. You would totally rock in a hot pink sith hoodie. Don't you think? =)Okay, maybe not pink. But still...

Luke...I am your father...too much Star Wars stuff going on in this testosterone filled house!!Yeah a Sith Lord with a pink hood would be great!I'm on my second paranormal but recently got a nugget of an idea and started the first chapter of a mystery/ghost story--so still kinda paranormal, huh? I cannot get away from it...

I write fantasy. I love fantasy, the epic kind! Write what you love. And then, all of the sudden, I not one, but TWO dreams in the same night, begging to be set to paper. Epic fantasy? Nope, Urban... I wonder if I can do it?!

Hehe- you crack me up! I think the hood could work for you, but can you do the menacing/raspy/I can kill you with my eyes tied behind my back kind of voice? ;) One really must have the proper accessories.

I write adult fiction- completed ms is women's fiction with a literary edge while the wip is most solidly in the literary camp. Have a historical fiction cooking for after this wip and a few ideas for some romance. The hardest for me, so far, is the current project- but that's because I got all schizophrenic in the beginning and now I have to fix it.

Just signed up for your newsletter...looking forward to see what you do with it. :-)

Something tells me I probably shouldn't have skipped the last two Star Wars movies...but really, no Harrison Ford? Come on!

As for genre...I love to read all kinds of romance, and I love reading action/thriller/suspense novels too. So it comes as no surprise that I've settled into romantic suspense, and am very comfy with that. :-)

Hey Elana! I love your blog -- the layout is fantastic, and the content entertaining and helpful. Thanks for becoming a follower on my tiny little blog ... so glad to know you're here in cyberspace, too! I write fantasy because I love the worldbuilding, and I long for the days when publishers would take the ridiculously long Robert Jordan-esque 300,000 word first novels. *Sigh.* *Gets to work on time machine.*

okay - so I am supposed to be talking the week off of blogging and commenting...but seriously, Sith Lord...I HAD to come and read that one!

I write paranormal and urban fantasy YA, and contemp YA. The reason - where I get my ideas. You see, the fantasy/paranormal stuff comes from the legends and what not that I read - you know I LOVE reading/researching that stuff. The contemp - that comes from work. So, I am a product of what I read, research and do all day long!

I wear a hood (ie) most days. Nothing wrong with it! If anyone has a problem with it, they need to see me!

Okay, back to my normal personality...I write pb manuscripts mostly. I'm working on my first mg and ya...I have the stories in my mind and have lots of notes, but have to work harder to let those stories flow.....

Oh no! You are teh ebil! As for me, I tried sci fi( not smart enough) horror (not icky enough) and now I am on to fantasy, and I have written 4 (and 3/4) novels and I'm waist deep in my fifth. Elves, fairies, dragons, castles, magic lands - this is the stuff that makes my soul sing.

Hey Elana, welcome to my dark side. ;) You'll love it here. I, too, was a former YA paranormal writer, but realized it wasn't working for me. I couldn't balance the characterization AND the fantasy elements very well.

Well, I love to READ paranormal and historical and romantic suspsense, but I mostly just write contemporary romance. I'd like to try my hand at romantic suspense, but I think I'll always like reading paranormal and historicals better than writting them!

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